Nastassja Kinski

Born on Jan. 24, 1960 in Berlin, Germany, Kinski was the daughter of crazed German actor Klaus Kinski, whose intense performances in collaboration with director Werner Herzog were the stuff of legend, and Ruth Brigitte Tocki, a young shopgirl her father lavished with wealth and promises, only to make her a kept woman. Kinski's childhood was plagued by sadness over her father's controlling treatment of her mother, though some happy moments eked their way into her gloomy existence. When she was 10 years old, Kinki's father deserted her mother for another woman, leaving them to fend for themselves. In fact, she had little if any contact with Klaus up until his death from a heart attack in 1991.... Continue Bio >>